Game

Canadiens at Capitals

Capitals 3, Canadiens 2 in overtime · first star Ethen Frank (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Montreal Canadiens 2 at Washington Capitals 3

Canadiens MTL

2 FINAL/OT 3

Capitals WSH

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	1	0	0	2	25
Capitals	0	0	2	1	3	42

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Capitals attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 5 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 25, WSH 42.

MTL in red WSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 25 shots on goal (2 goals, 10 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 42 shots on goal (3 goals, 12 missed, 22 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT
1st	8	1	17	12	0	20
2nd	11	1	23	5	0	14
3rd	5	0	11	15	2	29
OT	1	0	1	10	1	13
Total	25	2	52	42	3	76

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	WSH SOG	WSH G
Even strength	13	1	31	3
Power play	8	0	9	0
Short-handed	4	1	2	0

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 59.4% of the shot attempts, and 63.4% of the 82 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Capitals and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Capitals
Period	WSH CF%	WSH FF%
1st	54.0	56.0
2nd	37.8	30.4
3rd	72.5	75.0
OT	92.9	92.3
Game	59.4	60.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

08:14 Josh Anderson (10) SH Unassisted · snap 1–0

2nd period

07:40 Brendan Gallagher (4) Phillip Danault (9), Zachary Bolduc (8) · wrist 2–0

3rd period

05:06 Ethen Frank (9) Matt Roy (13), Rasmus Sandin (12) · deflected 2–1
18:06 Ethen Frank (10) Rasmus Sandin (13), Anthony Beauvillier (7) · tip-in 2–2

Overtime

04:21 Connor McMichael (7) Dylan Strome (25), Rasmus Sandin (14) · wrist 2–3

Three stars

Ethen Frank WSH · C #53 · 2 G, 0 A
Connor McMichael WSH · C #24 · 1 G, 0 A
Rasmus Sandin WSH · D #38 · 0 G, 3 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	00:59	WSH	Martin Fehérváry	tripping	2	Nick Suzuki
1st	07:55	MTL	Joe Veleno	hooking	2	Nic Dowd
2nd	08:03	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	instigator	2	Dylan McIlrath
2nd	08:03	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	fighting (major)	5	Dylan McIlrath
2nd	08:03	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	instigator misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
2nd	08:03	WSH	Dylan McIlrath	fighting (major)	5	Arber Xhekaj
2nd	11:14	MTL	Cole Caufield	tripping	2	Nic Dowd
2nd	17:31	WSH	Dylan Strome	slashing	2	Alexandre Texier
2nd	18:27	WSH	Nic Dowd	high sticking	2	Nick Suzuki
3rd	10:24	MTL	Sammy Blais	tripping	2	Trevor van Riemsdyk
3rd	13:42	WSH	Nic Dowd	holding	2	Arber Xhekaj
3rd	13:42	WSH	Nic Dowd	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
Overtime	01:54	MTL	Nick Suzuki	tripping	2	Connor McMichael

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	08:43
Josh Anderson #17	R	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0.0	12:32
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	54.5	16:28
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	0	0.0	11:08
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	50.0	12:58
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	63.2	21:15
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	45.5	23:10
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0.0	17:18
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	20:34
Sammy Blais #27	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.0	06:18
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0.0	18:23
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	16:03
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0.0	22:35
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	07:03
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	09:44
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	24:58
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	27:54
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0.0	28:37

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Samuel Montembeault #35	O	42	39	3	.929	28/31	9/9	63:59

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	3	3	+2	3	0	2	0	0.0	24:36
Ethen Frank #53	R	2	0	2	+1	6	5	1	0	0.0	18:06
Connor McMichael #24	L	1	0	1	+1	4	2	1	0	35.3	22:32
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	2	48.1	23:26
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	50.0	19:31
Matt Roy #3	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0.0	23:53
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	06:27
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	14	60.0	13:31
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	0.0	24:45
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:20
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	07:34
Sonny Milano #15	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100.0	09:21
Brett Leason #20	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:09
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0.0	14:36
Dylan McIlrath #52	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0.0	05:58
John Carlson #74	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	0	0.0	27:46
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0.0	18:46
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	16:20

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	W	25	23	2	.920	12/13	8/8	63:52

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.